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All the country’s schools and kindergartens have remained closed since 13. mars and the instruction takes place online. It means many more hours in front of the screen, when the playgrounds are closed, leisure activities and the opportunity to be with friends is put on hold until further notice.
Very much going digital now, and therefore it is important that parents follow with on how children use the web, says the head of the save the Children Thale Skybak to NRK.
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the Organization fears that adults with evil intentions trying to innynde with children and young people through digital channels.
” We know that adults use social media, TikTok, Spapchat and games to come in contact with children. We have no basis to say that there has been an increase right now, but it is still important to remind about this, ” says Skybak, who emphasizes that the internet first and foremost, it is important for children in this period.
– Digital contact is important for children’s well-being, learning and development, and it will make it easier for the kids to get back to a normal life when the schools open and they can be viewed again as normal.
Recommend fellesundervisning
Anders went this week out in the social media and asked parents to be critical of the individuals who offer free tutoring and homework help via the internet.
They are asking parents not to let children communicate with unknown adults on the internet, and instead choose fellesundervisning.
Facing the NRK elaborates Anders that this is a general advice, and that they have not received the specific examples that some have tried to offer help, on false premises.
” We know that people who are looking to exploit children sexually are trying to get in contact with potential victims through the internet. It is not specifically for this situation we are in now, but which also happens all the other days, ” says the head of the section for combating internettrelaterte abuse Lizzie Matheson to the NRK
– If one discovers that the child has had contact with persons who do not have honorable intentions, it is important that the police get the information. People with sexual interest in children often hold on too long, even though many have experienced to have contact with them because no one reports this to the police. They try never on just one child, emphasizes Matheson.
save the Children
get involved: the Internet is important to stay in contact with friends during koronakrisen, but parents need to involve themselves, ” said Thale Skybak in save the Children.
Photo: Shirin Jafari / save the Children
Although the current situation is demanding for both children and adults, it is important that parents involve themselves in their children’s web usage, mean Thale Skybak in save the Children
– In the same way as they are interested in how the kids have been at school or football practice, they must also ask about how the kids have been on the net. Our experience is that kids want their parents to talk with them and care, ” says Skybak.
Matheson in Kripos emphasises the importance that the child must experience that they can talk with their parents without fear of negative consequences.
Adults must be clear that if children experience something they think is strange, difficult, or disgusting, then we must teach them to speak up. It is the most important. Threats to remove the internet access if they do something wrong is not a good idea. It creates a higher threshold to speak up.
She tells us that Kripos has been contacted by young people who have had unpleasant web experiences, but have not said to the adults. They say they don’t think they will understand the situation or will react by refusing to allow them to use the internet.
Skybak says children must be taught that it is never the child’s fault if they experience something unpleasant.
the Need for adult trustees
save the Children has previously expressed concern for children who are in a vulnerable situation.
– We are extra concerned for the children who basically do not have it so good at home and do not have safe adults to talk with. Therefore, it is important that teachers follow up these children. They need safe and good adults that let the children know that they should never be afraid to speak up, ” says Skybak.
She says many children already have good netiquette and know that they will reject the unwanted contact, and end contact if you are experiencing something disgusting. Younger children can still be deceived by people who operate under a false identity and pretending to be peers. And such manipulation can take place gradually over time.
– It can start as simple as that the adult press “like” on photos, follow up with compliments, and in that way building a relationship and a relationship of trust to the child. Therefore, it is difficult for the child to say stop when one finally comes to the questions about to meet in person or to send a nude photo. When one has come so far, children may also experience that it is difficult to tell the parents, tell Skybak.
Kripos has the following advice if something undesirable happen:
– If the adults discover that their children have been seksualiserte messages, it is important that they save the sender’s information with the screenshots, notify the site where the contact occurred and reports this to the police. This can be done online, ” says Matheson.
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